Potential PSPS on Monday Jan. 20, 2024, in Kern County

Please note PG&E operations and meteorology professionals are monitoring a potential offshore wind event forecasted to enter southern parts of our service area Monday morning and exit Tuesday afternoon. Dry winds with up to 50 mile-per-hour gusts are expected in southern Kern Country. 

Given the forecast and current dry vegetation conditions, PG&E has begun sending advanced notifications to customers in targeted areas where power may need to be proactively shut off for safety to reduce wildfire risk. The duration and extent of power outages will depend on the weather.   

The potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event could affect approximately 600 customers in southern Kern County.  

Kern County589 customers26 Medical Baseline customers  

Support for Impacted Customers 

We understand some impacted customers experienced PSPS last week as well as multiple times since the start of 2024. We recognize that PSPS outages create hardships for our customers and communities. Our sole focus is to keep our customers safe. 

PG&E is planning to open a Community Resource Center (CRC) at the Lebec Post Office (2132 Lebec Road) that will be open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. starting on Monday, January 20 through the end of the event. 

For this potential PSPS event, PG&E is standing up an enclosed tent with heat and bags of ice for food preservation to better support customers’ needs.

More Information on PSPS 

PG&E initiates PSPS when the fire-weather forecast is severe enough that people’s safety, lives, homes and businesses may be in danger of wildfires. Our overarching goal is to stop catastrophic wildfires by proactively turning off power in targeted areas when extreme weather threatens our electric grid. 

Customers can look up their address online to find out if their location is being monitored for the potential safety shutoff at www.pge.com/pspsupdates. 

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